Communication Consultant

ROBERT WAWEE, M.A.

CORPORATE COMMUNICATION CONSULTANT

Proactive and dynamic team player focused on obtaining opportunities as a Communication Consultant. . Proven, multi-year achievements and experiences in the areas of Business and Professional Communication, Interpersonal and Family Communication, Advanced Public Speaking and Advocacy & Argument. Career focused on motivating and empowering others to communications excellence.

CORE COMPETENCY AREAS

- Business Operations Turnaround

- Expert Management Consultant

- Corporate Leadership Program Design

- Policy and Procedure Training / Compliance

- Prioritizing / Organizational Skills

- Interpersonal Communications

- Public Presentation / Speaking / Training

- Change Management/Succession Planning

- Classroom Management / Instruction

- Computer Networking Skills

- Innovative Problem Solving Ability

- Diverse Research & Planning Expertise

- Church / Parish Leadership & Growth

- Church Turnaround Specialist

- Independent Decision Maker

- Clear / Concise Communicator / Lecturer

- Technical / Computer Networking Skills

- Change Management / SOP Design

- Educational Research / Reporting

- Best Practices Design / Writing

- Seasoned Project Manager

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Management team member focused on building dynamic top-performing teams. Expertise in business growth strategy, corporate training, and professional development program leadership. Innovative approach to problem solving derived from realizing that collaboration creates more robust opportunities and solutions. Articulate communicator who presents energized and engaging written and public presentations; a confident, innovative leadership style that works well with cross-functional teams and demonstrates an unwavering commitment to champion the organization’s vision and cause.

• Critical thinker with the ability to brainstorm new ideas and translate them into real-world solutions; energetic, driven to excellence and efficient in task management and completion. Reliable, consistent in work ethic with a natural ability to multi-task and adapt to rapidly changing work environments. Independent work style characterized by sharp analytical skills and high quality production.

• Effective management, training, and supervisory skills; recognized for long hours, dedication to customers, attention to detail, professionalism, and follow-up. Motivates others to top performance. Provides daily motivational talks featuring positive feedback from the previous day. Addresses areas that need improvement, builds incentives for top performers, and utilizes creative/new media to demonstrate performance metrics, highlight superior performance, and create cutting edge systems.

• Extensive leadership focus includes distinguished career as a Professor with the University of Houston, Business Administrator with The Episcopal Church, Professor at Texas Wesleyan University and Tarrant County College. Consults and teaches staff through cooperative initiatives, small and large group conference, workshops, and leadership programs.

• Known as a proactive team player that serves as a prime contact point regarding training and operational issues, dependable and reliable with excellent follow-through skills. Involved in decision-making processes, making suggestions to improve systems, processes and creating new programs. Teaching and training expert focused on the design, development, implementation phases in advanced instructional design models. Experience traveling and conducting on-site educational seminars.

• Understands leadership and is able to adapt to different learning styles and personalities; an effective communicator who works through positive reinforcement and high standards. Firm believer in positive motivation and constructive criticism. Demonstrated experience designing curriculum and teaching workshops in the following areas: presentation training, customer service training, leadership transformation, family communication, and project management.

• Completes projects with a positive, proactive attitude. Quoted by supervisors, peers, and students as a dynamic, effective teacher, who offers relevant, functional, and engaging lectures and workshops. A team leader with a high level of initiative and advanced presentation skills in training sessions done one-on-one, in classroom and larger corporate group settings.

FORMAL EDUCATION & MEMBERSHIPS

UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS, Dallas, TX

Master of Arts, Political Theory (1995) UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN BAYLOR

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (1980)

- 18 semester hour concentration and 6 semester hour thesis titled: “The Political Role of Religion in Book V of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations” published August 7th, 1995 by The Braniff Graduate School of the University of Dallas.

- Secondary Concentration in Humanities (Western Civilization); 23 semester hours.

Professional Memberships:

- Association of Professional Communications Consultants

- National Communication Association - American Forensics Association - Advocacy & Argument

- Religious Communication Association

CAREER ADVANCEMENT

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN, Houston, TX; Professor (2000 – Present)

“Influential, genuine, and really seems to love what he is teaching. I would most definitely recommend Professor Wawee. He has been hands down, the best teacher and person I have met throughout my college careers. UHD is lucky to have him.” Student Rating Comments

• Serves as Communication Studies Lecturer with demonstrated expertise and instructional experience in:

» Business and Professional Communications

» Advanced Public Speaking

» Interpersonal and Family Communication

• Proposed the development and hire of a Communication Studies Advisor to provide students with professional academic counseling.

• Design instructional curriculum in the area of adult conflict resolution and communication; maintained focus on presenting information effectively and the practice of effective communication skills.

• Introduce technology solutions to students and program participants that maximized instructional effectiveness and built long term educational systems for programs.

• Consistently rated 4.5 out of 5 in student and faculty evaluations. Work to engage the student body in the learning process through new media, innovative presentation strategy, and small group formats.

• Design, develop, and deliver courses on effective communication, enabling students to clearly identify their mission, vision, and values on personal, professional, and organizational levels.

• Wrote a proposal and won approval for additional staff personnel for the Department of Arts & Humanities.

• Visiting Lecturer in Communication Studies (2006). Provided extensive counseling for participants in interpersonal and family communication with emphasis on conflict resolution.

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, USA, New York, NY; Business Administrator, Minister (1990 – 2008)

• Championed the design of turnaround strategies and protocols for various parishes and churches. Developed membership and income producing systems to facilitate the growth and healthy development of non-profit business centers.

• Authored and implemented market development and expansion programs focused on increasing the membership base in 1990.

• Created new administrative teams and divisions, which included organizational flow charts, graphs that illustrated current status, forecasts, and growth goals, and the implementation of three-day seminars to discuss communication principles, systems theory, networking strategies, volunteer labor recruitment, and goal setting.

• Led leadership workshops with the Vestry and applied common business practices to support financial turnaround strategies. Designed business growth plans and full-scale parish redesign programs geared to the attraction of new members and bolstering parish income.

• Demonstrated a track record of utilizing business communication skills and management techniques to turn marginally profitable organizations into viable, growing, and profitable business units. This was accomplished at four churches in Texas:

» St. Paul’s, Olney TX: integrated music, liturgy, and operational strategies that grew the church from 2 to 96 members in one year.

» Holy Innocents Church, Madisonville, TX: grew this church from 12 to 69 members while maximizing financial stability.

» St. John’s, Sealy, TX: grew the church from 32 members to over 127 members, increasing budget from $62K to $200K in 5 years.

» St. Paul’s, Houston, TX: created administrative systems, financial controls, membership growth strategies, and leadership workshops to train members to attract new members and strengthen financial status.

TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Fort Worth, TX

Professor (1995 – 1999)

• Classroom lecturer in political and historical cultural studies in Western Civilization. Consistently maintained 4.5 out of 5 in student and faculty evaluations.

TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE, Fort Worth, TX

Lecturer / Professor (1995 – 1999)

• Lectured in Political Science and American History. Wrote classroom curriculum, presented course material in creative and engaging ways, and served as student mentor and academic advisor. Maintained a 4.5 out of 5 in student and faculty evaluations.

FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM, Fort Worth, TX

Freelance Writer (1989 – 1995)

• Wrote for local business magazines, book reviews for Harper Collins on various subjects: critical book reviews for textbook publishing companies including Allyn & Bacon, McGraw-Hill and Strata.

• Completed freelance assignments for business magazines on the cultural impact to employees and families relocating to various cultural regions within the United States.

• Wrote and published a book through the Upper Room Publishing Company (1989).

MILITARY SERVICE

UNITED STATES ARMY, National Guard Unit, Fort Worth, Texas

Personnel Sergeant

~ Received the Army Commendation Medal for the success of this project

• Charged with full-scale operations redesign, systems streamlining and organizations, and leading a complete overhaul of the unit’s personnel files, payroll structure, financial reporting, and reestablishment of unit morale.

• Successfully designed and implemented all strategies, systems, and protocols that allowed the unit to not only operate with much greater efficiency, but they were able to hire a fulltime Training Sergeant focused on the implementation of methods to bring the unit’s military readiness back into focus.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Vigio, Access, One Note, Outlook, Clear Context for Outlook, MYN for Outlook, Windows Workspaces, Windows XP/Vista, Dynoplex E-Office for BlackBerry, Nota Bene Research Scholars Desktop, Nota Bene Archiva Bibliography, HTML, Mindapp Brainstorming/Presentation Software, Firefox, opera, Coby Digital Voice Recorders, Photo Manager/Live Gallery, Adobe System Online, Jing Audio/Video Capture, Microsoft Shareview Conferencing Software, Arcsoft Panorama Maker 4, Samsung Media Studio, McGraw Hill EZ Test/Test Generator Software, Journaling Software, Laptops, Desktops, Mobile Communications.

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